StateoftheUnion.com has as its origin two civics ed projects tested in California.
These previous projects were StateoftheCity.com and StateoftheState.com.
StateoftheCtiy.com tested the idea of sending students to their Mayor's StateoftheCity Address and having the students write a report.
Similarly, StateoftheState.com tested the idea of sending students to a Gubernatorial StateoftheState Address and having them write a report.
Both tests were successful and very interesting.

Testing of this overall civics ed idea now shifts and continues by focusing on StateoftheUnion.com and asking topical questions as essay contests and providing scholarship/dollar awards to winners.